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Hi, rice may get stuck and even though it's soooooo good, it's not really that great for us bandsters. No protein at all. Just starch which turns into sugar. Mashed pot. aren't so great for us either but at least they won't get stuck. I cut chicken chunks up into tiny, tiny pieces during this stage and chewed them thoroughly. I also ate lots and lots of Yoplait yogurt and SF jello. There's many soups out there too that would be seen as mushy stage food. Cream of pot., Dinty Moore Beef Stew is great too. Just mash up the chunks with a fork. My doc. let me have homemade chili with ground beef at 2 weeks. It went down fine. I had no problems until my first fill. At this time, I began having food get stuck and throwing up. I had to learn how and what to eat. It's a learning process. Just try things you think you might can handle...just a little at a time. Good luck.
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Nutritionist Rules - What did yours say?
labwalker replied to Sunshyne068's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
When I started my NUT (six visits!) I was tracking my calories already. Her main concern was my Protein intake. I would have instant sugar free oatmeal with blueberries for Breakfast, and she would always comment that I wasn't having protein intake for that meal. Now I have low fat Greek yogurt and blueberries for my breakfast. I also started eating a lot of fish and chicken for my lunch and dinner meals, and started eliminating unneeded carbs (breads, pastas, rolls... the stuff that adds useless calories.) I was able to keep my calories under 1000, while keeping the protein at 80 to 90 grams. My NUT, and the APRN who does my fills and follow up visits, both want to see a minimum amount of protein. My NUT showed me plastic samples of food, and told me to be aware of portion sizes (what a cup of something looks like.) But, I was never told to limit my portions, and my APRN told me not to worry if I was eating more than a cup of food at a meal. I assume if I have future fills that lead to intake restriction, I may have to reduce portions. The NUT said always to eat the protein portions first, and then fill on the veggies or other foods afterwards. -
Nutritionist Rules - What did yours say?
labwalker replied to Sunshyne068's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
how in the world do you get 100 g of Protein in, in a day's time? I'm not getting enough and am losing hair and nails so my dr upped my protein by eating protein bar not shake but I certainly do not know how you eat that much, please share...I'm only 1 yr out. It isn't hard. Four flounder filets, or 1/2 chicken breasts, along with 80 grams of low fat Greek yogurt at breakfast, will easily get you to between 80 or 90 grams of protein per day, with less than 500 calories. -
Surgery And Recovery Alone
LessofKelly replied to chad2rad's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Crystal light flavor packets for your Water. Some people cannot stand water post op, for a while at least. It goes down easier disguised as lemonade. Your doctor will probably suggest a Vitamin with Iron (chewable flintstones works for me, the red box) and a chewable Calcium supplement. Citrical makes some. Also a chewable antacid. Pepcid chewable is harder to find but CVS makes a store brand. I got my broth and cream Soup in the carton so one would last me a whole week in the fridge. Maybe some yogurt? -
Hi Everyone! Just got banded yesterday!!!
yougogirl commented on Jackiepurs31's blog entry in Blog 56939
Hang in there because it gets easier day by day. I was not hungry for the first 5 days. Moving to creamy foods, especially yogurt and pudding was like winning the lotto. The key is to keep a positive attitude and to remember that this is the first steps in taking back your life! -
Wt 234 Oh, its so hard to get back on track. I did so good with eating on Friday & Saturday, and partially Sunday. Then Sunday night, broke down and had some yummy cheesecake. I brought my lunch to work today so I can stay on the LC Atkins track. I'm basically going to follow the Atkins plan until after I'm banded, then I'll do more of low fat and low carb. Todays menu: Breakfast scrambled egg/cheese 3 slices of thin bacon Lunch Chef salad Snack LC yogurt Dinner Turkey breast green beans I tried to get up at 5:00 am to make it to the gym, just couldnt drag my fat butt out of bed, I went to bed too late last night and I needed my sleep. So, I plan on exercising tonight at the gym. - I MUST get back to exercising!
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I am SO disappointed in myself. Self-sabotage post-op
dms75 replied to MoominMan's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm 11 months out of sleeve surgery. I came to build a routine in what I eat, and I absolutely enjoy every meal. Even if it's exactly the same as yesterday. I love it. Here's what I eat in a day (and the day after, and the one after.... 🙂 Breakfast: 2 eggs, 4 oz of diced lean ham (pork or turkey, or a turkey patty), 1 oz leek, 1 oz sweet peppers, all scrambled together. Add 6-8 cherry tomatoes and an espresso with 1 oz of 2% milk. Lunch: 5 oz of lean meat (chicken breast, pork loin, beef sirloin) grilled or pan seared, 2 cups of shredded fresh cabbage, one tablespoon of light mayonnaise Dinner: 5 oz of fish (cod, mahi, salmon, tuna, shrimp) and 1 cup of sliced zucchini or snap peas, all pan seared together, plus one Danon Light&Fit yogurt. That's about 1100 calories a day. Throw in the occasional apple or cup of berries, and it's 1200 calories, all in. And that's ALL I've been eating for the last 10 months. The only variation is the type of meat or fish I have. Or what flavor yogurt I choose. I'm not bored, and I look forward to every meal. It makes it easy to shop for and cook. Do yourself a huge favour and throw away ALL the crisps, cakes and any other greasy or sugary snacks you may have in the house. Then don't buy them again. If you really must snack, bite into an apple, or chew on a carrot. It keeps the mouth busy, without adding much caloric content. Oh, and I drink a gallon of water a day, to stave off constipation. Hang in there, believe in yourself, and maybe talk to a therapist or a friend about it. -
Breakfast - 1 container of SF Yogurt with granola mixed in Lunch - 2 chips & salsa, a taco salad (just ate the grilled chicken off of it) and a small portion of quacamole (we went out for lunch to Mexican) Dinner - 5 little mini sugar free brownies - the new girl scout ones, 1/2 cup of salad, 1/2 cup of popcorn - I know (where is the protein?) Had a bad problem tonight with just putting stuff in my mouth - see notes Exercise - Treadmill (PM) 50 min, 359 calories, 2.48 miles, speed varied 3.1 to 3.2 mph. Notes - Didn't weigh this morning:clap2: - I was glad I had enough will power to stay off the scales - I dont ever want to see 200 AGAIN, so I'm waiting until I know I'm down to the 190's before stepping on my scale. Hopefully by Monday I will feel skinny enough to step on them. Okay - I noticed tonight I was eating every time I turned around, was I hungry NO. I figured out tonight that I must work on this "grazing". I need to not eat just because its "dinner time", but wait until I'm actually hungry I think. I'm not sure why I was eating, I think it was out of boredome, or just the need to put something in my mouth. I will be making a conscious effort to not graze and not just put JUNK in my mouth.
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Breakfast - 6 oz apple juice mixed with a scoop of "Daily 5" (its all your vegies & fruites in powder form - 10 calories/2 carbs) Coffee mixed with DeVince Sugar Free carmel syrup, and a little whipping cream (sugar free) Lunch - 4 oz sf yogurt, 4 oz of cottage cheese, a handfull of granola mixed in Dinner - pasta salad with chicken added in Exercise - didn't make it to the gym Suppliments - Daily 5, Viactiv multi-Vitamin, liquid B-12 Weight today - 198.4 (no weight loss this month because no exercise lately and been eating what I want - I am back in control) Notes - I've been MIA lately. Just been so busy at home, at work and everything. I haven't made it to the gym the last few weeks because I've been doing a major remodeling job at my house. DH & I totally redid two bedrooms, including new carpet, paint, light fixtures, window treatments, the whole nine yards. They look great! Now that they are finished, I went to the gym yesterday morning. I managed to do 35 min on treadmill, burned 223 calories. I will be going tonight too.
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Breakfast - light apple juice with Daily 5 mixed in Lunch - Cottage cheese/sf yogurt/ granola mixed in Dinner - chili Snack - Bad me, I know TOM is getting close, had a few girl scout cookies, DAMN those girl scouts. lol Exercise - PM exercise - 33 min on treadmill, 2% incline, 3.2 mph, 213 calories, 1.70 distance Suppliments - am 2 thermo dynamx, Daily 5, Multi vitamin, B-12, afternoon 2 more thermo dynamx with lunch Notes - wt 196.4 - I must get away from the carb demons! TOM is around the corner, but I will have to say, my sweet cravings are cured with just a couple of cookies vs the entire bag I would have had in the past, so I'm not going to beat myself up, just thankful the band doesn't let me overdue it - we make a great TEAM!
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After a history of surgeries including gall bladder, female issues resulting in a hysterectomy appendix and a few others I though I was gong to be ok. I went back to college after a 20 year hiatus as well as working full time. Then in December of 2011 during finals week I awoke with the worst pain ever. I was rushed to the ER only to find that I had a soccer ball sized mass wrapped around my left kidney causing it to just about rupture..thankfully the doctors and the grace of God saved the kidney and then removed the mass. After a week of being home is when the disaster actually started. you see my colon perforated which caused everything in my intestine to fill into my abdominal cavity and then rip my incision open..in short I ended up with a colostomy then a reversal and then several hernia repairs. Sadly this past February my full abdominal mesh became infected resulting in 2 majors surgeries to remove. I needed to lose weight before the mesh could be replaced however after all my surgeries the surgeon was very reluctant. I went on phentermine and it did help however you cannot stay on it forever. Then I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, the my numbers hit diabetic type 2 levels and with being in menopause it was so hard to get the weight to stay off...Finally my surgeon agreed to the gastric sleeve. After 6 months of of going through all the insurance mumbo jumbo I had the sleeve done on August 8th 2016.I started in March of 2016 at about 241 ponds and right before the surgery was 199 pounds.I just came home yesterday after having the surgery and was put on a heart medication due to my heart rate unable to stay at a low and healthy number. I feel ok but this Jello diet is already old...lol..after my colon perforated in 2011 I was on broth and jello for 2 months..so you can see those 2 things are not my favorite. I think the hardest part right now is the drinking..I am not a huge drinker so staying hydrated is a challenge..I do like popsicles so my husband is on the lookout for sugar free ones which will definitely help. Once I get to the stage of yogurt I think I will be ok.. As you can see I have had a long hard road and I thank you all in advance for offering me a group to look to for help. I am so afraid that going off the phentermine is going to make my weight increase quickly and I do not want that. any advice is greatly accepted and appreciated. God Bless to you all
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I had a really bad day yesterday. Crying. I could not stop. Very emotional with the liquild diet. Did not get enough protein. It hurt everytime I sipped. Finally fiqured out I quit taking pain med too early. Every time I toook the pain med I just fell asleep. I Discovered need to take a little pain med to tolerate food. :thumbup: New goals today. Walk more, drink more water and get my protein in at least 60 gms. Nutrional told me about greek yogurt has 23 gms protein. will try smoothie today with it. Did sleep better last night. Fell like a new women today. Worried about the new philsophy of lean and mean. So far just mean. I'm leaving a wake of dead people in my path. If you want to know where, I at just look for the dead or dispondant. I'm always the fun one, no one needs to be around me right now. My children are looking at me as if i grew two horns and a tail. My husbands looks like he wants to cry everytime he looks at me.He has been very supportive. You really need support thru this process.
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Stay ahead on your pain meds (only taper off when you know you're absolutely fine without them) and know that it WILL get better. I think everyone here either pre or post-op got to the emotional point where they asked themselves what am I/did I do? Just know this is a normal part of this. I like the Fage greek yogurt the best, but the Oikos is OK too. Don't worry as much about the protein right now as just getting in the full amount of water/liquids so you don't get dehydrated. When you get to soft foods, I love the yogurt with SF preserves ontop (they're surprisingly low calorie). You'll be turning the corner soon, and I promise and all this will just be a blur. You've got a great support system in place and you will be successful! Hang in there. -BG
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I had a really bad day yesterday. Crying. I could not stop. Very emotional with the liquild diet. Did not get enough protein. It hurt everytime I sipped. Finally fiqured out I quit taking pain med too early. Every time I toook the pain med I just fell asleep. I Discovered need to take a little pain med to tolerate food. New goals today. Walk more, drink more water and get my protein in at least 60 gms. Nutrional told me about greek yogurt has 23 gms protein. will try smoothie today with it. Did sleep better last night. Fell like a new women today. Worried about the new philsophy of lean and mean. So far just mean. I'm leaving a wake of dead people in my path. If you want to know where, I at just look for the dead or dispondant. I'm always the fun one, no one needs to be around me right now. My children are looking at me as if i grew two horns and a tail. My husbands looks like he wants to cry everytime he looks at me.He has been very supportive. You really need support thru this process.
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First of all, I always come and look at your posts, and you guys are amazing and very supporting! I just decided on on signing up lol... So my surgery is set for April 1st, an April fools band lol.. I started my pre-op diet on Monday, and it's ALREADY starting to get to me. My doctor wants me to do 3 Protein shakes a day, with one main meal of 4-6oz of chicken or very lean meat. 2cups of starches, 2cups veggies, endless salad with fat free dressing, but not drenched in the salad. I thinks its 2tsps not sure :sneaky:..... TodayI went for pre-admission testing and my scedule was totally MESSED UP, I was so mad. So I messed up my diet but let me tell u what i did. 11am-dannon light & fit yogurt lemon ciffon (yummers) 2:30pm I had a handful of carrots, diet green tea snapple which i always drank and love!!! 4:00-5oz chicken,lettuce,light mayo (a tsp,) honey dijon musturd (tsp,) and a half a whole wheat wrap. That's it so far, but i don't know if because i added the mayo and musturd i added to much fat......helllpppp
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I feel you. I'm almost 4 months out and the past 2-3 weeks I've gotten so lazy with my tracking. I haven't gained anything but I do notice it's easier to eat more now. So I started today, back to basics. I've been chugging my Water today, eating my yogurts and getting in my Protein. I also went back to the gym. You can do it, just have to make up your mind to. Stop the grazing, schedule your eating. I'm doing 3 meals and 2 planned Snacks. I think that's pretty important, plan it so you avoid grazing. Make sure you are feeling real hunger too and not that damn head hunger crap. You can do it! I don't think you stretched anything out, test it by eating some meat first, no veggies or bread and I'm betting you can still only eat maybe 4-5 ounces and be full. Good luck!
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Help! Weight loss stopped and so run down
kim070682 replied to Sharon7370's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
I am going to purchase unflavored protein powder. You could try getting some and putting in yogurt? -
Help! Weight loss stopped and so run down
Bronco0605 replied to Sharon7370's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Try greek yogurt or cottage cheese they both have tons of protein. Also how many times a day are you eating? My nutritionist said I should eat 5-6 times a day both now and post op. -
Newbie Here! One week 9 pounds!!
roro1980 replied to jellybean_'s topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Hi all I m 6 days out and for the first 2 days I was in so much pain I didn't 'want to eat either I just want the pain to stop but I got dehydrated because my liquids kept coming up so now I can have puréed foods and I can only eat about 3 spoons full so I open and have to go back to something as small as Greek yogurt less more eat a 3 course meal. -
Hi i am looking to buy an unflavored protein to put into things after surgery like, broth, pudding, yogurt, crystal light. ..etc. I know many people have tried many proteins and I am trying to find out what unflavored protein you prefer??!
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Need Lap Band Buddy / Mentor -Looking for some tough love.
LeighaMason replied to ajoneen's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Hey Amanda, I'm back! I always find it amazing that you can drive forever in Texas and never leave the state. I went to south Texas near Austin and it was a 6.5 hour drive. I got home last night at 11 and had a stomach ache from eating out. While I was gone Sunday (I left after lunch at home)and I ate, 1/4 of a Reuben sandwich and 1 french fry and a chocolate chip cookie. Then on Monday I had brought a Greek Yogurt for breakfast then I ate a crispy taco, and 5 chips and salsa for lunch, and a bowl of potato Soup for dinner with cheese, bacon bits, and sour cream in it. Then when I got home at 11 PM last night my stomach was having fits. I rarely eat out much less eat out for 2 days. My personal opinion is restaurant food is nothing like home cooked food and the salt, fats and preservatives make me sick. So I sat in the bathroom until 1 and then my neighbor started jackhammering up his driveway at 6. And I am finally getting to my excuse of why I didn't run this morning. I felt like crap! But I am not scheduled to run again until Friday so I can run tomorrow instead of today. Sometimes life just gets in the way, the key is to start back tomorrow. Yes, its hot here, I have been running at 7:30 but on Sunday it was 85 degrees and 85% humidity so I am going to have to start going earlier probably shoot for 6:30. I agree with getting your eating lined out and the move on to the exercise. I don't have the mental capacity to change more than one thing in my life at a time. The good news is that I managed to lose a pound. It took 11 days this time. But I only have 9 to go so thats only 99 days :smile2:. How's it going? -
No longer stalled. But eating food is VERY challenging.
NYSuperDuck replied to Hiraeth's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Get some cottage cheese or Greek yogurt or Protein drinks or, what used to do is get Chinese dishes with no rice and put them in a blender. I definitely would not be eating noodles or Pasta often. Still feel bad when I eat those Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App -
3 Days post Gastric Sleeve Surgery And Clear Sailing!
Crawford replied to Crawford's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
1st couple days they suggested protein shakes.. clear liquids and vegetable & chicken broth.. sugar free popsicles.. watre other clear liquids.. low fat yogurt.. skim milk.. soft foods after the 2nd week.. -
I can't believe your Dr. didn't give you more information. Every doctor is different, but mine only had me on liquids for several days, then mushies (mashed potatoes, yogurt, SF pudding, etc.). Sugarfree popsicles were, and still are, my lifesavers! I also found a Protein drink at The smoothie Factory that I love. If you have one of those nearby, they'll mix you up samples in the store to try so you know if you like it before purchasing the huge, expensive jugs of powder. They seem to fill me up pretty well. I had my first fill yesterday afternoon and after one Protein Drink this morning, feel stuffed! I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get my morning Water down. Good luck!
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I get a lot of my daily protein from chicken, eggs, cheese, and yogurt. Those are my main sources.
